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MIRS Newsletter (11/20/15) – Gov. Rick SNYDER‘s office wants the first bill in a likely seven-bill Detroit Public School (DPS) reform package introduced Dec. 1 in the Senate, but the charter school community is still in negotiations with the administration over how
Posted by: Posted On:20 Nov 2015
U.S. Senate and House conference committee agrees on ESEA/NCLB reauthorization After years of stalemate in Washington, yesterday a U.S. Senate-House conference committee passed the framework of an agreement on a new federal education law to replace ESEA/NCLB on a strong
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Education Savings Accounts focus of joint legislative hearing Jason Bedrick, Education Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute for Education Freedom, spent the day in Lansing yesterday discussing the role of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in terms of expanding school choice
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Whiteford & Howell Win in Special House Elections Mary Whiteford (R-Casco Township), endorsed and supported by the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP), was successful in Tuesday’s special primary election to fill a vacancy in the 80th State House district. Whiteford came
Posted by: Posted On:4 Nov 2015
State’s leading education advocacy group calls Whiteford a “Champion for Kids” Lansing, MI – Mary Whiteford (R-Casco Township), endorsed and supported by the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP), was successful in today’s special primary election to fill a vacancy in
Posted by: Posted On:30 Oct 2015
M-STEP Results Show Less Than 50% of Michigan Students Proficient On Tuesday, MDE released results from the 2015 M-STEP test, the new state assessment for students in grades 3-8. Considered a more rigorous test than the MEAP, this new test
Posted by: Posted On:23 Oct 2015
GLEP Participates in National Ed Reform Summit As you read this, GLEP’s Gary Naeyaert and Beth DeShone are still in Denver, Colorado participating in the 8thAnnual National Education Reform Summit, sponsored by the Foundation for Excellence in Education. This gathering
Posted by: Posted On:16 Oct 2015
K-3 Reading Bill Passes in House Yesterday, the full House of Representatives passed HB 4822 (Price), the K-3 Reading bill, on a largely partisan vote of 57-48. HB 4822 will improve early literacy by focusing on annual screening; parental notification
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“This is a great day for school children in Michigan. Passage of HB 4822 is a huge step to providing struggling readers in grades K-3 with the help they need to succeed,” said Gary Naeyaert, executive director of the
Posted by: Posted On:9 Oct 2015
K-3 Reading and Teacher Evaluation Bills Ready for Floor Vote It appears that HB 4822 (Price), the K-3 Reading bill, and SB 103 (Pavlov), the teacher evaluation bill, are both prepped for a vote on the floor of the House